• Matthew Cannings appointed onto The FA's Judicial Panel

      3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are pleased to announce that Matthew Cannings (pictured here) has been appointed as a member of The Football Association (FA)'s Judicial Panel for a period of 3 years from 1 July 2025. As the governing body for football in England, in the event of a breach of FA Rules and Regulations they may need to take action. The outcome of the case will often be determined by the Independent Regulatory...

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      Gareth Graham reappointed as a member of The FA's Judicial Panel

      3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) are pleased to announce that Gareth Graham has been reappointed as a member of The Football Association (FA)'s Judicial Panel for a period of 3 years from 1 July 2025. As the governing body for football in England, in the event of a breach of FA Rules and Regulations they may need to take action. The outcome of the case will often be determined by the Independent Regulatory Commission and...

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      June Employment Law Newsletter - Out Now!

      Welcome to the latest edition of our employment law team’s newsletter, edited by Ben Amunwa - in which we proudly announce our upcoming Inaugural Employment Law Conference in Birmingham on 16 October 2025.
      While our analysis section features a note from Ben Amunwa exploring ‘When the withdrawal of a claim takes effect', our contributors this month also include Simon Tibbitts, Matthew Curtis, Gareth Graham and Daniel Brown on the following cases:
      - Handa v The Station Hotel (Newcastle) Ltd & Ors [2025] EAT 62
      - Melki v Bouygues E and S Contracting UK Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 585
      - XY v AB [2025] EAT 66
      - Woodhead v WTTV Ltd & Anor | [2025] EWHC 1128 (KB)

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      March Employment Law Newsletter - out now!

      Welcome to our employment law team’s March newsletter, edited by Joseph England, featuring analysis from Joseph, Gareth Graham, Colin McDevitt and Matthew Curtis on the following cases:
      - Kau Media Group Ltd v Hart [2025] EWHC 553 (KB)
      - Gourlay v West Dunbartonshire Council [2025] EAT 29
      - W v Highways England and others, 18th February 2025, [2025] EAT 18, Lord Fairley
      - Kostrova v McDermott International INC and CB&I UK Ltd, 13th March 2025, [2025] EAT 35, Lord Fairley
      - Kamphues v Venator Materials UK Ltd, 19th March 2025, [2025] EAT 30, HHJ Tayler
      - Kinch v Compassion in World Farming International, 26th March 2025, [2025] EAT 41, Lord Fairley
      - Impact Recruitment Services Ltd v Korpysa [2025] EAT 22

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      Gareth Graham appointed to the ECB's Cricket Discipline Panel

      The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed fourteen new members to its Cricket Discipline Panel (CDP). Among the new appointees is Gareth Graham, who has extensive experience of chairing sports disciplinary hearings (including for the Rugby Football Union, World Rugby, The Football Association, the British Horseracing Authority and British Cycling), as well as expertise in employment and sports law generally, with a particular focus on whistleblowing, safeguarding and discrimination cases. The CDP is...

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      November Employment Law Newsletter Out Now

      Welcome to our November 2024 employment law newsletter, edited by Gareth Graham, featuring news from Ben Amunwa, and celebrating our results in Chambers and Partners.
      Our newsletter includes analysis from Gareth Graham, Karen Moss and Andrew MacPhail of the following cases:
      - Xie v E’quipe Japan Ltd [2024] EAT 176
      - De Bank Haycocks v ADP RPO UK Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 1291
      - MacLennan v The British Psychological Society [2024] EAT 166

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    • 3PB’s Employment Law Team ranked Band 1 in South Eastern and Western by Chambers and Partners

      3PB’s employment law team is celebrating another strong set of results in Chambers and Partners’ 2025 edition published today, with a total of 18 individual rankings for 16 of our employment barristers in London, Western, South Eastern and the Midlands Circuits While clients’ comments on our individual barristers once again testify to their dedication and excellence, our clerking team, led by Russell Porter, also attracts much praise and is seen as 'absolutely brilliant and going...

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    • 3PB’s Employment and Discrimination Group achieves 6 new rankings in the Legal 500 2025 edition

      3PB barristers and its Employment and Discrimination team have cause for celebration as they are confirmed as a top tier team in the Western and South Eastern Circuits in the latest Legal 500 edition. Praised by clients as “‘an excellent set’ with an employment team ‘packed full of top-tier barristers’ and an excellent track record for advising across the full spectrum of employment law matters”, 3PB is regarded as “‘a chambers with a wide skill...

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      Employment and discrimination newsletter - December 2023

      Welcome to our December 2023 employment and discrimination law newsletter, edited by Gareth Graham, our newsletter features analysis from Gareth, Andrew MacPhail, Joseph England and Emma Greening - covering the following cases: Ajaz v Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EAT 142, De Bank Haycocks v ADP RPO UK Ltd [2023] EAT 129, EA-2021-000794-NLD, Brooks v Leisure Employment Services Limited [2023] EAT 137, and Simmons v No.8 Partnership [2023] EAT 140.

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      3PB’s Employment Team celebrates increased individual Chambers & Partners rankings and retaining Band 1 rankings in 2 Circuits

      3PB Barristers congratulates its Employment and discrimination law team for achieving 3 new rankings in the Midlands, while retaining its Band 1 ranking in two Circuits (Western and South Eastern) in Chambers and Partners’ 2024 edition published today. The team increases its rankings to a total of 18 individual rankings, up from 15 last year, in London, Western and South Eastern, and adds the Midlands as a Circuit in which its expertise is recognised. Client...

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    • 3PB in the Legal 500 2024

      3PB’s Employment law team receives TIER 1 ranking in 2 Circuits in latest Legal 500 rankings 

      3PB’s Employment and Discrimination law team is celebrating 2 TOP TIER rankings – in the Western and South Eastern Circuits - in the Legal 500 2024 edition just published. The team now has 13 of its 23 juniors ranked in the publication, totalling 22 individual rankings across the South Eastern, Western, London and Midlands Circuits. The team welcomes its promotion to the top tier in Western and retains its top tier position in South Eastern....

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      Gareth Graham appointed as one of the new chairs of the BHA Judicial Panel

      3PB sports, employment and professional discipline barrister Gareth Graham (pictured here) has been appointed as one of the new chairs for the British Horseracing Authority's (BHA) independent Judicial Panel, which encompasses the Disciplinary Panel, Appeal Board and Licensing Committee. The Judicial Panel is established by the BHA as the pool of lawyers to hear all cases or appeals referred to it in connection with the Rules of Racing. Following a review of the Judicial Panel’s processes,...

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